Richard Foord votes against winter fuel payment cut
Richard has voted against – as I would have done. Although some pensioners, like me, don’t need the payments, others (apart from people on benefits, who will keep them) will be at risk from rising fuel prices. The state pension remains one of the lowest in Europe, and those without private pensions need the payments. The government should have made the payments taxable, so that they would have saved money from better-off pensioners. There are many people with broader shoulders than the average pensioner
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